Pilotlight talks social enterprise to the Guardian

As Pilotlight and Social Enterprise UK launch a free guide ‘Why Social Enterprise?’, Pilotlight’s deputy chief executive Gillian Murray explains why becoming a social enterprise could help charities become more self-sufficient.

There are over 68,000 social enterprises in the UK and in the last twelve months we at Pilotlight have seen a significant increase in interest from our partner charities about developing a social enterprise. Cuts to local authority funding for services and the general uncertainty about the funding environment seem to be driving this.